As a young girl Kim Hernandez tended her own garden and use to visit a nursery near her home to get supplies like bark and potting soil for her plants. Little did she realize that one day she would be overseeing the 15 acre operation.
Hernandez's grandfather, John Rodriquez, owned a dairy across from Elkhorn School which her father, Jim, inherited. Although she grew up around animals, Hernandez decided to focus on ornamental horticulture when she went to college at the San Luis Obispo campus of Cal Poly.
After graduation Hernandez was hired by Bay City Flower Company as a grower of tropical plants, but she eventually became involved in inventory and quality control. She then returned to Monterey County to work for Sunnyside.
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